Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:14:58 -0700
Reply-To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: subject NVC - Just for Mr. Squirrel
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BenT Syncro wrote:
> Now, how did I know Mike Miller would comment on this posting? Funny
> how Rocky is the only usual suspect missing. Maybe he's wrapped over
> some beer.;-)
Yes, that and it's been really busy here: Thursday saw Mr Squirrel
purchasing his very own brand new little red kayak and the tackle
required to lash it atop the Westralia then meeting a friend at a local
brewpub for a couple pints, then riding his bike to the park to sit with
Mrs Squirrel and friends for a free concert (Paula Cole, interesting
artist); yesterday started early as it was Mrs Squirrel's birthday and
she wanted to play hooky from work so we drove Mellow Yellow into the
mountains to park along the road to watch the Mens and Womens
professional riders race for King of the Mountain points at a summit in
the Cascades Cycling Classic, then drove over to Elk Lake to putt about
in kayaks, then back to town to catch "Inception" at a local theater,
then dinner and a couple more beers at one of our finer pubs where some
visiting amateur cyclists from Truckee, Cali., asked if Bend is like
this every summer and we said "yeah . . . yeah it is!", followed by
watching the penultimate stage of the Tour de France; and today Mr
Squirrel will be taking a four-hour Basic Kayaking course (as Mr
Squirrel has little useful prior boating knowledge) followed by a trip
downtown to watch the amazingly fast pro riders ride the criterium
stage, then we're going to see Los Lonely Boys play a concert at an
outdoor venue; a-and since tomorrow is projected to be about 98F (37C)
we will float down the Deschutes river then bring our picnic baskets and
blanket to the Les Schwab amphitheater to another free concert (Great
American Taxi, whoever they are), where children will romp and play,
adults will sit and chat, adolescents will do whatever mysterious things
that adolescents do and a good time will be had by all.
That said, the sight of a small furry animal having been killed and the
corpse wrapped around a bottle of beer (for the "yuk, yuk," factor, no
doubt) made Mr Squirrel's stomach lurch. How about a little head's up
next time?
--
Rocky J Squirrel
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
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